“Formerly Milton's Paradise Lost had been my chief favourite, and in my excursions during the voyage of the Beagle, when I could take only a single small volume, I always chose Milton.” ScienceLostChiefsParadiseFavouriteVolumeBiographiesVoyagesMiltonExcursionsBeagles Book:The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29: Source: The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29:
“I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldLooksTurnsComedyDramaVolume Author:Peter Billingsley
“For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.” YearsSpiritGrowthGrowingIndustryPercentIncreaseWineCraftsBeerVolumeAlcoholicsBeveragesCraft Beer Author:Sherwood Boehlert
“We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen.” NeedsYearsBelieveCountryPastClassCitizensBeatsEuropeInvestmentVolumeRomaniaSecond Class Citizens Author:Traian Basescu
“There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud.” IfsMayLittlesFunnySilenceBrandsLoudDiscussionNew ThingsVolumeBrand New Author:Wes Borland
“Gravity pulls our bodily fluids down, like water in a glass goes to the bottom part of a glass. In space, the water doesn't stay in the bottom of the glass. It distributes itself evenly over time throughout the entire volume of the glass.” WaterSpaceBottomGlassesGravityVolumeFluid Author:Laurel Clark
“I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands.” ChildrenBookHandsFatherReaderGrandmotherVolumeGrandchildrenMy GrandmotherForbiddenDelightedFrivolous Author:Alan Bradley
“I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing those with bluegrass instruments and cranking those up, too, with a little bit of that rock energy.” LittlesShowsBigsEnergyBitsRocksLittle BitInstrumentsElectricVolumeMixingBluegrass Author:Dierks Bentley
“I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, 'as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion.'” MenShouldMadeReasonFeelingsRememberLawScienceReligionGivenNaturalReligiousViewsDiscoverySpeciesAttractionImpressionLaw Of AttractionReason WhyShockGravityVolumeTransientSubversiveOrigin Of Species Author:Charles Darwin
“The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam - those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that's legitimate.” PeopleWantInspirationalDoneEnoughInspirationMightDifferencesLevelsMessagesLowsCarefulStrangerBe CarefulVolumeRepetitionFiltersBeing DoneSpam Author:Bill Gates
“Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.” StillsGivenTradeDollarsRateUncertaintyVolumeSensitivityEconomistDeficitReductionImports Author:Martin Feldstein
“They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.” MayAgeWrittenRocksPeriodsProseVersesShellsVolumeDelugeCouplets Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“If you get earaches, I'd turn my volume down a notch or two for you. Cause I will do anything for you.” IfsTwoTurnsCausesVolumeRock And RollNotches Author:Alice Cooper
“Before we even consider expanding Medicare, or another program based on its rates, we must reform our Medicare payment system so that it rewards value, not volume, and doesn't disadvantage states like Minnesota that provide high-quality care in an efficient way.” WayStatesCareValuesQualityProgramRewardsRateReformEfficientVolumeExpandingPaymentDisadvantagesMedicareHigh QualityMinnesotaQuality Care Author:Amy Klobuchar